Paper-bag holder



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I. E. SMITH. PAPER BAG HOLDER. No. 365,643. r Patented June 28, 18B? NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. SMITH, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,643, dated June 28, 1887.

Application filed March 12,1887. Serial No. 230,709.

To all whom it hwy concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SMITH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Bag Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompany ing drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in paper and paper-bag holders; and it consists in the detailed construetion, combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail View of a modification of my invention.

In carrying out my invention I employ a hook or ring, A,made of (preferably)brass wire, and this hoop or ring is suspended by bars or arms a, connected to said hoop or ring, and

U their central looped portions are passed through a ring of a swivel -joint, a. The loopedor hooked end of the vertical portion of this swivel-joint is secured by ordinary means to or suspended from the ceiling of the store or room where my invention is located, and it is obvious that by means of this swiveljoint the hoop or ring may, together with its suspending bars or arms, be caused to revolve, as may be desired.

B B are a series of hooks made of one continuous piece of wire, the upper portion of which is curved and bent into an approximately U shape, as at b, soas to fit over the hoop or ring A and hold the same as against displacement, and one end of the wire forming said hook is upwardlybent, whereby the other end of said wire is secured or held in position.

Upon the horizontal wire I) is inserted pareceptacle.

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lower end of the sheets of paper or bags thus secured the same will be removed when desired.

A cup-like receptacle, 0, for holding the cord or twine, is made of one continuous piece of wire, one end being bent or formed into a loop or bail, I)", passed through the central looped portions of the suspending bars or arms a, as shown, and in this receptacle is placed the wrapping cord or twine, the end of which is passed through the lower open end of said If desired, this receptacle can be made of sheet metal in lieu of wire.

One of the principal advantages of my invention is the formation of all the parts thereof of wire, which not only greatly reduces the cost of production, but also materially lessens the weight of the holder, and another advantage consists in forming the hooks with the bent portions, whereby the same are held in position 011 the hoop or ring as against accidental displacement or falling by pulling on the paper or bags secured thereby.

In Fig. 2 Ihave shown a modification of my invention, which consists in bending the inner end of the lower horizontal wire, so as to give a spring-like action thereto.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a paper-bag and twine holder composed of a ring having upwardly-projecting wires, a cup resting on said upwardly-projecting wires, hooks passed through said ring, spring-pins suspended by said hooks, and hence I do not claim such construction. My invention is designed as an improvement over the above device, and to this end I dispense with all hooks for supporting the spring-pins, which in.my

invention are provided with upper curved approximately-U-shaped ends, by means of which the pins are held in position on the ring or hoop.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the wire hoop or ring and the suspending arms therefor, of the wire hooks having their upper port-ions curved and bent into an approximately U shape for I inga bail or loop passed through said swiv- IO retaining the same in position on said hoop or eled support, substantially as shown and dering, substantially as set forth. scribed.

2. I11 a paper-bag holder, the combination In testimony whereof I affix my signature in l 5 of the hoop or ring, its suspending arms, the presence of two witnesses.

swiveled support therefor, the spring-pins FRANK H. SMITH. having upper curved approximately- U shaped \Vitnesses: portions to clamp over the hoop or ring, and l A. V. MOALVAY,

the twine-holder of one continuous Wire hav JOHN ENDERS, Jr. 

